No one aspect says more about the level of your home maintenance than the state of your roof but roofing can be an expensive project so you need to choose wisely. You need a roofing solution that will protect your home, increase its value, look stunning, and endure the changing seasons for the longest time possible.

Standing seam panels provide a stunning cladding alternative that combines all the strength of traditional roof profiles with timeless elegance and style. Standing seam panels will add prestige and real street appeal to any home, industrial building or commercial premises.

Stunning appearance allied with a range of design possibilities make standing seam an outstanding roofing and cladding product with a structural strength and longevity that far surpasses ordinary metal roofing options.

Snaplock and Nail strip are modified versions of the standing seam technique and provide an expanded range of fully customisable alternatives.

What Will A Standing Seam Roof Do For Me?

Standing seam roofing has so many advantages over ordinary metal roofing but let’s look at just some of the ways it could add real value and pleasure to your home or business.

Raise The Prestige Of Your Home Or Business

Image is all important today and people make many assumptions based on the state of your home. It’s amazing just how much a new roof can lift your home’s image. But standing seam is so much more than just a new roof; its strongly defined lines and seamless elegant finish will upgrade the appearance of even the most tired house.

Just like upgrading to a better car the superior quality of standing seam roofing will instantly lift your home into one of the better homes on the street.

Feel the satisfaction as family, friends, visiting work colleagues, neighbours, and even passersby on the street find a new respect for you and your treasured home. It’s called ‘street appeal’ and few renovation projects will do more for your home’s street appeal than an upgrade to standing seam panels.

The importance of image equally applies to your business. Customers read a lot about your business before they have even walked through the door. Make those first impressions count with a super smart standing seam roof. Elegance, professionalism, clarity—all these things and more—that’s what standing seam roofing says about you.

Increase The Value Of Your Property

One of the benefits of upgrading to a superior standing seam roof is that it will raise the value of your home. This works in three ways:

1. Increasing street appeal gives your home an edge in the property market
2. Upgrading to a new superior maintenance-free standing seam roof will increase potential buyers’ confidence levels in the overall condition of your home
3. Buyers will bid much lower if the existing roof is in poor condition

Thanks to its outstanding tough long-lasting qualities a new standing seam roof will retain its new appearance for much longer than other roofing solutions and protecting your .

Reduce Maintenance Costs

Standing seam panels are renowned for the strength and hard-wearing endurance in the face of Australia’s harshest climate challenges. Exceptional weatherproof design makes standing seam one of the toughest roofing solutions on the market.

Zinc and copper enhance the anti-corrosion properties of standing seam panels making them a perfect choice for coastal buildings exposed to salt.

Put up a standing seam roof and forget it—minimal maintenance and long-life equals confidence and peace of mind.

Remember too; with a new roof you may even get a reduction on your insurance premiums.

Express Your Vision

Unleash your creativity with the versatility of standing Seam panels. Their ability to be used for any roof or wall configuration allows you to revolutionise the appearance of your home or business. Imagine incorporating angled, curved, domed, or conical possibilities into your architectural vision.

The strong lines create a stark fusion of modernity with a hint of traditional roofing to add stunning contrast to your vision.

The three variants of standing seam expand your options for both roofing and wall claddings. A choice of 25 or 38mm ridges, pan sizes, and panel lengths gives you some great options.

Standing Seam

Long-run panels allow you to create extended seamless roof lines.

Features:

• Rib height—25mm or 38mm
• Panel lengths up to 8 metres or more
• Minimum pitch 3°

Snaplock

Panels simply snap together meaning installation is fast and straightforward. Snaplock panels are the perfect compromise between the expansive long-line profile of standing seam and the convenience of nail strip.

Features:

• Concealed fixing screws
• Rib height—25mm or 38mm
• Panel lengths up to 8 metres (6m is the recommended)
• Minimum pitch—1.5°

Nail Strip

Super fast installation; nail or screw directly on to framing without clips or crimping.

Features:

• Rib height—25mm or 38mm
• Panel lengths up to 6 metres (4m is the recommended)
• Minimum pitch—7.5°

Visit the friendly experts at ARC and discover the benefits of Standing seam, Snaplock and Nail strip– the ultimate metal roofing solutions for your needs.

Standing seam metal roofs provide a modern roof profile that looks simply stunning on any home or commercial building. Standing seam panels are a popular choice that offers a classy updated and vastly improved take on the strong profile of corrugated iron.

Standing seam panels can be used for roofing and wall claddings, and feature weathertight seals that are formed through a series of machine sealed vertical lips.

Standing seam panels are durable and are suitable for a range of applications including vertical and near horizontal cladding situations. Standing seam panels come in three basic styles: Standing seam, Snaplock, and Nail strip to cater to a wide variety of applications.

Metal roofing has been around for a long time now and traditional products such as zincalume and galvanised corrugated iron have proven their usefulness as a roofing solution but they have some significant disadvantages compared to standing seam.

Which Is More Weathertight: Standing Seam Or Ordinary Metal Roofing?

One of the most critical advantages of standing seam over ordinary metal roofing materials lies in standing seam’s superb weathertight design and the ability to form a virtually 100% watertight seal.

Ordinary metal roof sheets rely on a significant overlap of some 200mm to prevent water intrusion but this is sometimes just not enough in cases of windblown rain or capillary action that can even drive water up hill and into the roof cavity.

In contrast, standing seam panels use a system of 25mm to 38mm vertical ridges or lips that are crimped together to form a vastly superior and virtually impenetrable seal.

Weathertightness and appearance is further enhanced by the clever use of concealed screws.

Which Is More Versatile: Standing Seam Or Metal?

Standing seam panels offer significant advantages for flexible design and use. Long-run panel lengths of 8 m or more allow a much greater range of options for external wall and roof cladding than ordinary steel roofing.

From nearly horizontal (1.5°) to vertical applications standing seam panels allow you to fulfil your dream design vision. For corners, cones, angles, and domes, and anything else you might imagine standing seam is the optimal choice.

Standing seam panels offer a range of materials and colour choices including:

• Jarden zinc, Vm zinc, Rhine zinc–0.7mm
• BMT Colourbond/ Zincalume/ Metallic/Ultra –0.55mm
• BMT Copper or Aluminium –0.7mm

Which Is Stronger: Standing Seam Or Metal Roofing?

The interlocking lip technique enhances the superior strength of the standing seam joins. Standing seam panels are installed over 15 to 19mm ply panels, which provide additional support and strength.

Concealed sliding clips attached by countersunk screws absorb any movement in building materials and provide a sleek seamless look.

What Are The Three Standing Seam Options?

Standing Seam

Rib joins are sealed using a crimping machine.

Advantages:

• Can be used on roofs or walls down to nearly horizontal
• Machine crimping produces a superior watertight seal and speeds up the installation process
• Seamless appearance thanks to concealed fixing screws
• Panel lengths up to 8 metres or more with rib heights of 25mm or 38mm offer design flexibility

Snaplock

Is similar to standing seam but the panels are snapped together without crimping.

Advantages:

• Can be used on roofs or walls down to 1.5° pitch
• Panels snap together for a superior watertight seal and simplified rapid installation process
• Seamless appearance thanks to concealed fixing screws
• Design flexibility thanks to 8 metre panel lengths and a choice of 25mm or 38mm rib heights

Nail Strip

Nail strip panels, in many cases, can be simply attached directly to the roof or wall structure without the need for either fixing clips or crimping and this means installation is fast and straightforward.

Advantages:

• Roof or wall application
• No clips or crimping makes for straightforward and rapid installation
• Rib height—25mm or 38mm
• Panel lengths up to 6 metres
• Some types of Nail strip panelling can be attached directly to battens

Standing seam, Snaplock and Nail strip are the perfect solution for your roofing project. They look right at home on any roof from old bungalows to modernist apartments.

Successful installation of standing seam roofing requires a high level of expertise. If you want the job done properly the first time call the standing seam metal roofing experts, call ARC now.

There are a few good reasons why metal roofs are so popular, but did you know that your Colorbond metal roof comes with a warranty that could last up to 30 years?

So when you have your new metal roof installed by the team at ARC Metal Roofing you don’t just get a great looking roof, you also get a long lasting, low maintenance roof that will protect your home for many years to come, and that’s a guarantee.

Imagine that, low maintenance, long lasting and a modern and stylish roof that looks fantastic.

Even though you get you a warranty of up to 30 years by the manufacturers, there’s a good chance that you will get many more year’s life expectancy by implementing a regular inspection program.

By sticking to a regular maintenance check for your roof you can help simple upkeep from turning into unexpected costly repairs.

To further ensure the longevity of your roof, it’s recommended that whenever you need work done to repair your roof, you enlist the services of an expert roofing contractor.

How to get your BlueScope Warranty
The team at BlueScope offer material warranties against corrosion to perforation by the weather conditions, as well as paint that is flaking and peeling.

The BlueScope warranty is available on-line and allows you to create your own warranty documents on the spot.

It is a very simple, fast and easy process and you can usually have your warranty document ready for printing in a few short minutes.

For more information on how you can have your warranty documents visit the BlueScope Steel Warranty Estimator and Management System at www.bluescopesteel.com.au/warranties to sign-up, so you’re ready to use it after installation of your BlueScope steel product.

The COLORBOND® metal roof has been protecting Australian families for more than 30 years. In fact it’s one of the most advanced roofing materials in the world.

Want better protection, we all know the weather can be unpredictable, and with the extreme Australian conditions like torrential rain, hail storms, gusty winds and bushfires affecting homes right across the country, more and more homeowners are seeking the protection of a metal roof.

With its oven baked finish the COLORBOND® metal roof will protect your roof in all weather conditions, come rain, hail or shine, and as the metal roofs are installed using continuous sheets, not only do you get a watertight solution, you also get a tough barrier that protects your home from falling branches and flying debris.

You want a great choice of colours, and of course you want your home to look modern. With the extensive range of colours, the COLORBOND® metal roof offers a range of 20 fashionable colours to suit any home, any style and any landscape.

Talk about peace of mind, with an unbeatable manufacturer’s warranty* of up to 25 years you can rest assured that the quality of this product is guaranteed. The warranty starts from the date of installation, and is designed to protect you and your home against perforation by weathering in the natural elements and you also get a 12 year warranty against peeling and flaking.

The COLORBOND® metal roof is a popular choice because:

• You are protected by a BlueScope Steel warranty*
• Better protection from a superior paint system
• Your metal roof is Corrosion resistant
• Comes in a modern and wide array of colours
• Versatile and will suit any style of home with its wide range of COLORBOND® steel products to fit a variety of applications.
• Durable as it has an oven-baked finish that will stand the test of time
• Better protection from the elements with its continuous sheets that make it watertight
• Advanced technology that helps it to resist against chipping, cracking and peeling
• It is also built from non-combustible materials, and not to mention it is also termite resistant.
• Safe and sound as it provides your home with a tough barrier in the face of strong wind, hail, falling branches and flying debris.
• Better protection against burglars as it provides a secure barrier.
• When using light colours your COLORBOND® metal roof can result in less heat

When it comes to your next roofing, or guttering project, make the right choice and choose the COLORBOND® metal roofing products.

*Naturally conditions apply and you should contact your local BlueScope Steel sales consultant for further information.